Ron Hansen
Ronald Lavern Hansen
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: April 5, 1938 in Oxford, NE
High School: Albany (Albany, CA)
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1958
Final Game: June 20, 1972
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1958 BAL AL 20 SS 12 5 65.0 35 10 23 2 4 .943 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.3 0.3 0 4.57 2.75 .966 4.96 4.17
1959 BAL AL 21 SS 2 2 13.0 9 2 6 1 1 .889 -0.4 -36.9 -0.4 0.3 -0.7 0 5.54 4.00 .967 4.85 3.95
1960 BAL AL 22 SS 153 149 1328.2 810 325 456 29 110 .964 5.6 5.1 3.6 5.6 -2.0 2 5.29 5.10 .960 5.11 4.37 AS,MVP-5,RoY-1
1961 BAL AL 23 SS 149 145 1289.0 723 256 437 30 110 .959 15.7 14.6 11.7 1.0 10.7 4 4.84 4.65 .956 4.84 4.37
1961 BAL AL 23 2B 7 5 55.2 40 16 23 1 8 .975 2.6 56.0 1.6 1.6 0.0 1 6.31 5.57 .978 5.24 4.71
1962 BAL AL 24 SS 64 59 524.2 283 114 159 10 37 .965 -0.8 -1.8 0.2 1.8 -1.7 -1 4.68 4.27 .962 4.84 4.47
1963 CHW AL 25 SS 144 140 1268.2 743 247 483 13 95 .983 25.0 23.6 23.0 13.7 9.3 2 5.18 5.07 .964 4.78 4.56
1964 CHW AL 26 SS 158 158 1411.2 827 292 514 21 105 .975 27.2 23.1 24.2 15.5 8.7 3 5.14 5.10 .968 4.78 4.55 MVP-16
1965 CHW AL 27 SS 161 161 1463.2 840 287 527 26 97 .969 10.0 8.2 10.0 7.1 3.0 0 5.01 5.06 .962 4.74 4.38 MVP-17
1965 CHW AL 27 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -360.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.40 MVP-17
1966 CHW AL 28 SS 23 23 220.1 129 49 73 7 17 .946 -0.5 -2.7 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 4.98 5.30 .960 4.79 4.41
1967 CHW AL 29 SS 157 151 1357.0 752 243 482 27 91 .964 2.6 2.3 2.6 -0.1 2.7 0 4.81 4.62 .963 4.62 4.09 MVP-14
1968 TOT AL 30 SS 88 81 710.4 429 140 273 16 47 .963 2.8 4.7 1.8 0.3 1.5 1 5.23 4.69 .962 4.79 4.07
1968 TOT AL 30 3B 34 23 213.0 95 28 62 5 7 .947 1.8 10.1 1.8 -0.6 2.4 0 3.80 2.65 .951 3.05 2.67
1968 WSA AL 30 SS 81 77 670.2 408 137 256 15 45 .963 1.5 2.7 0.5 -1.2 1.7 1 5.27 4.85 .962 4.79 4.07
1968 WSA AL 30 3B 5 5 41.0 21 8 11 2 3 .905 -0.5 -14.6 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 4.17 3.80 .952 3.05 2.68
1968 CHW AL 30 3B 29 18 172.0 74 20 51 3 4 .959 2.3 16.0 2.3 -0.6 2.9 0 3.72 2.45 .950 3.05 2.67
1968 CHW AL 30 SS 7 4 39.2 21 3 17 1 2 .952 1.3 39.3 1.3 1.5 -0.2 0 4.54 2.86 .962 4.79 4.07
1968 CHW AL 30 2B 2 1 9.2 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -74.5 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 2.79 1.50 .967 5.12 4.35
1969 CHW AL 31 2B 26 16 147.1 91 44 44 3 12 .967 -4.8 -39.1 -4.8 -3.3 -1.5 0 5.38 3.38 .976 5.21 4.58
1969 CHW AL 31 1B 21 17 131.0 164 151 11 2 14 .988 1.8 16.5 1.8 0.2 1.6 0 11.13 7.71 .992 9.63 8.33
1969 CHW AL 31 SS 8 5 52.0 29 14 14 1 1 .966 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.4 0.4 0 4.85 3.50 .966 4.97 4.42
1969 CHW AL 31 3B 7 4 41.0 23 7 14 2 1 .913 0.8 23.4 0.8 0.4 0.4 0 4.61 3.00 .957 3.16 2.74
1970 NYY AL 32 SS 15 11 106.0 60 20 39 1 6 .983 1.5 17.0 1.5 1.7 -0.2 0 5.01 3.93 .967 4.94 4.39
1970 NYY AL 32 3B 11 8 50.0 21 5 16 0 1 1.000 1.9 45.6 1.9 2.6 -0.8 0 3.78 1.91 .948 3.08 2.67
1970 NYY AL 32 2B 1 1 9.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -40.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 0 2.00 2.00 1.000 5.40 4.60
1971 NYY AL 33 3B 30 24 216.1 73 16 51 6 9 .918 -3.2 -17.8 -4.2 -4.4 0.1 1 2.79 2.23 .958 3.04 2.74
1971 NYY AL 33 2B 9 8 62.0 47 28 17 2 7 .957 -3.6 -69.7 -3.6 -1.2 -2.4 0 6.53 5.00 .981 5.31 4.76
1971 NYY AL 33 SS 3 2 21.0 12 8 4 0 0 1.000 -1.6 -91.4 -1.6 -1.5 -0.1 0 5.14 4.00 .967 4.89 4.33
1972 KCR AL 34 SS 6 3 27.0 18 4 13 1 1 .944 -0.3 -13.3 -0.3 0.0 -0.2 0 5.67 2.83 .967 5.00 4.52
1972 KCR AL 34 3B 4 4 31.0 16 1 15 0 2 1.000 2.1 81.3 2.1 2.1 0.0 0 4.65 4.00 .950 2.99 2.70
1972 KCR AL 34 2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.40
15 Seasons SS 1143 1095 9858.0 5699 2011 3503 185 722 .968 86.8 10.6 75.8 44.2 31.7 11 5.03 4.82 .962 4.81 4.36
5 Seasons 3B 86 63 551.1 228 57 158 13 20 .943 3.4 7.4 2.4 0.1 2.1 1 3.51 2.50 .953 3.05 2.70
7 Seasons 2B 47 31 285.2 183 90 87 6 27 .967 -7.0 -29.4 -8.0 -3.8 -4.2 1 5.58 3.77 .978 5.24 4.62
1 Season 1B 21 17 131.0 164 151 11 2 14 .988 1.8 16.5 1.8 0.2 1.6 0 11.13 7.71 .992 9.63 8.33
15 Seasons TOT 1297 1206 10826.0 6274 2309 3759 206 783 .967 85.0 9.4 72.0 40.7 31.2 13 5.04 4.68 .930 4.79 4.33
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1958 BAL AL 20 12 5 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 BAL AL 21 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 BAL AL 22 153 149 153 153 0 0 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 1 0
1961 BAL AL 23 155 150 155 155 0 0 0 7 0 149 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 BAL AL 24 71 59 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 64 0 0 0 0 7 1
1963 CHW AL 25 144 140 144 144 0 0 0 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 1 1
1964 CHW AL 26 158 158 158 158 0 0 0 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 CHW AL 27 162 161 162 162 0 0 0 1 0 161 0 0 0 0 0 1
1966 CHW AL 28 23 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 CHW AL 29 157 151 157 157 0 0 0 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 1
1968 WSA AL 30 86 82 86 86 0 0 0 0 5 81 0 0 0 0 3 0
1968 CHW AL 30 40 23 40 40 0 0 0 2 29 7 0 0 0 0 4 0
1969 CHW AL 31 85 42 85 85 0 0 21 26 7 8 0 0 0 0 32 1
1970 NYY AL 32 59 20 59 59 0 0 0 1 11 15 0 0 0 0 37 0
1971 NYY AL 33 61 34 61 61 0 0 0 9 30 3 0 0 0 0 24 1
1972 KCR AL 34 16 7 16 16 0 0 0 1 4 6 0 0 0 0 7 1
15 Seasons 1384 1206 1384 1384 0 0 21 47 86 1143 0 0 0 0 116 7
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1958 BAL AL 20 286 66% 74% 25% 31 81% 0 12 5 6 1 22 20 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 4 2 0 1 0 1 4 2 2 0 0 0
1959 BAL AL 21 69 80% 75% 23% 10 80% 0 2 2 0 0 7 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1960 BAL AL 22 5724 63% 77% 26% 587 93% 4 317 154 137 26 461 346 96 1 21 29 0 18 11 20 110 33 8 42 9 7 102 41 61 7 2 5
1961 BAL AL 23 5547 61% 75% 26% 552 91% 3 253 123 110 20 440 328 91 1 10 30 2 19 9 24 109 36 8 27 13 9 94 45 49 13 7 5
1962 BAL AL 24 2296 57% 77% 24% 206 90% 0 112 45 53 13 162 123 32 1 4 10 0 9 1 7 37 11 5 9 4 1 31 16 14 2 1 0
1963 CHW AL 25 5347 63% 78% 27% 588 94% 3 246 119 107 20 489 375 89 1 13 13 2 9 2 9 95 31 20 19 6 7 85 51 32 7 3 4
1964 CHW AL 26 5825 62% 77% 28% 653 93% 5 294 161 104 29 513 387 101 3 10 21 0 14 7 16 105 34 10 33 5 5 94 46 44 9 7 1
1965 CHW AL 27 6219 63% 77% 29% 660 93% 3 283 141 115 27 529 396 113 2 7 26 0 22 4 23 97 38 3 33 5 3 88 43 43 7 3 4
1966 CHW AL 28 936 65% 77% 30% 90 88% 0 52 18 25 9 74 53 19 1 0 7 0 5 2 5 18 4 1 7 2 1 18 5 11 0 0 0
1967 CHW AL 29 5680 66% 77% 30% 577 90% 2 247 101 113 34 479 371 88 0 7 27 0 25 2 26 93 31 7 24 9 7 86 38 45 6 3 3
1968 WSA AL 30 2996 59% 78% 26% 320 93% 1 135 68 49 18 255 184 58 2 4 15 0 11 4 10 44 17 5 14 4 1 41 22 19 3 2 1
1968 CHW AL 30 159 58% 76% 30% 18 100% 0 3 2 0 1 17 10 7 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
1969 CHW AL 31 229 58% 73% 28% 21 86% 0 12 3 6 3 15 10 5 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1970 NYY AL 32 448 63% 79% 32% 45 93% 0 21 10 11 0 38 33 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 6 0 1 4 1 0 6 1 5 0 0 0
1971 NYY AL 33 106 66% 80% 24% 8 88% 0 7 3 3 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 KCR AL 34 114 75% 93% 32% 13 92% 0 4 1 3 0 13 11 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0
15 Seasons 41981 63% 77% 27% 4379 92% 21 2000 956 842 202 3518 2656 709 12 78 185 4 138 43 145 725 241 69 215 58 42 656 315 327 54 28 23
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1968 CHW AL 30 755 60% 81% 31% 78 92% 0 23 19 1 3 53 42 10 0 2 3 0 3 0 3 4 2 0 2 2 1 1 3 33%
1968 WSA AL 30 187 73% 76% 21% 18 89% 0 8 4 1 3 12 10 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
1969 CHW AL 31 197 61% 78% 24% 20 95% 0 6 4 0 2 15 12 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1970 NYY AL 32 217 61% 75% 27% 21 90% 0 5 3 0 2 16 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0%
1971 NYY AL 33 928 63% 85% 32% 74 88% 1 17 11 4 2 53 37 15 0 0 6 0 4 2 6 9 8 0 9 0 0 0 3 67%
1972 KCR AL 34 133 61% 81% 29% 17 94% 0 1 1 0 0 15 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 2417 62% 81% 30% 228 91% 1 60 42 6 12 164 126 36 0 3 13 0 11 2 12 18 14 0 15 2 1 1 8 50%
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 89% 63%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1961 BAL AL 23 232 75% 80% 30% 22 95% 0 18 3 10 5 24 20 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 8 1 5 1 0 7 1 6 0 0 0
1965 CHW AL 27 8 50% 63% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 CHW AL 30 45 53% 71% 18% 2 100% 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 CHW AL 31 678 65% 79% 27% 49 92% 0 45 14 20 11 45 34 7 0 2 3 0 3 0 1 13 7 2 3 0 12 3 9 1 1 0
1970 NYY AL 32 45 29% 69% 22% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 NYY AL 33 285 62% 79% 25% 24 79% 0 28 10 11 7 16 13 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 7 4 1 1 0 6 1 5 1 1 0
1972 KCR AL 34 6 67% 83% 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1299 65% 78% 26% 99 90% 0 93 28 41 24 88 70 12 0 3 6 0 6 0 4 28 12 8 5 0 25 5 20 2 2 0
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1969 CHW AL 31 574 63% 80% 32% 34 88% 0 148 3 144 0 17 12 9 0 1 3 2 0 2 0 2 14 0 0 0 13 0 1 0 1 1 0%
1 Season 574 63% 80% 32% 34 88% 0 148 3 144 0 17 12 9 0 1 3 2 0 2 0 2 14 0 0 0 13 0 1 0 1 1 0%
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 94% 86%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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